Anon Mgr 47VII
Kari Ellen Gade (ed.) 2007, ‘Anonymous Poems, Drápa af Máríugrát 47’ in Margaret Clunies Ross (ed.), Poetry on Christian Subjects. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 7. Turnhout: Brepols, pp. 791-2.
Gjör ‘Be’
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1. gera (verb): do, make
svá ‘so’
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svá (adv.): so, thus
vel ‘good’
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vel (adv.): well, very
kvað ‘said’
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2. kveðja (verb; kvaddi): (dd) request, address, greet
göfgust ‘most excellent’
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gǫfugr (adj.; °gǫfgan/gǫfugan; compar. gǫfgari/gǫfugri, superl. gǫfgastr/gǫfugstr/gǫfugastr): noble, glorious
Máría ‘Mary’
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María (noun f.): Mary
gleði ‘please’
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gleðja (verb): gladden, rejoice
mig ‘me’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
þjóð ‘men’
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þjóð (noun f.; °-ar, dat. -/-u; -ir): people
með ‘with’
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með (prep.): with
eingils ‘of the angel’
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1. engill (noun m.; °engils; englar): angel
kennings
kveðju eingils;‘the greeting of the angel; ’
= Hail Mary
the greeting of the angel; → Hail Mary
kveðju ‘the greeting’
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1. kveðja (noun f.; °-u; -ur): greeting
kennings
kveðju eingils;‘the greeting of the angel; ’
= Hail Mary
the greeting of the angel; → Hail Mary
langar ‘long’
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langr (adj.; °compar. lengri, superl. lengstr): long
mig ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
til ‘’
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til (prep.): to
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
á ‘on’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
lýða ‘people’s’
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lýðr (noun m.; °-s, dat. -; -ir): one of the people
tungu ‘tongue’
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tunga (noun f.; °-u; -ur): tongue, language
notes
[4] lieki jafnan ‘shall always play’: The words are given in the reverse order in 713, but the main alliterating stave (l-) must fall in l.-initial position.
notes
[4] lieki jafnan ‘shall always play’: The words are given in the reverse order in 713, but the main alliterating stave (l-) must fall in l.-initial position.
Dóminus ‘the Lord’
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dominus (noun ?): lord
notes
[4] Dóminus técum ‘the Lord is with you’: This is part of the Hail Mary (Ave Maria). The rhyme -iek- : -éc- shows that lieki ‘play’ must have been pronounced with [ie:] because it is unlikely that the Lat. vowel would have been diphthongised (see Björn K. Þórólfsson 1925, xiv-v). For the identical macaronic rhyme see Lil 99/8.
técum ‘is with you’
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[4] Dóminus técum ‘the Lord is with you’: This is part of the Hail Mary (Ave Maria). The rhyme -iek- : -éc- shows that lieki ‘play’ must have been pronounced with [ie:] because it is unlikely that the Lat. vowel would have been diphthongised (see Björn K. Þórólfsson 1925, xiv-v). For the identical macaronic rhyme see Lil 99/8.
Lítið ‘See’
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líta (verb): look, see; appear
notes
[5] lítið hier ‘see here’: So Sperber 1911, 76. Skj B emends lítið (2nd pers. pl. imp.) ‘see’ to lítil (n. nom. pl.) ‘little, small’, which is taken to modify laun (n. acc. pl.) ‘rewards’. Wrightson retains lítið but also treats it as an adj. ‘little’ (‘they shall be paid little as a reward’). Skald takes it as p.p. ‘it is seen’ (see NN §2857).
hier ‘here’
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hér (adv.): here
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[5] lítið hier ‘see here’: So Sperber 1911, 76. Skj B emends lítið (2nd pers. pl. imp.) ‘see’ to lítil (n. nom. pl.) ‘little, small’, which is taken to modify laun (n. acc. pl.) ‘rewards’. Wrightson retains lítið but also treats it as an adj. ‘little’ (‘they shall be paid little as a reward’). Skald takes it as p.p. ‘it is seen’ (see NN §2857).
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
laun ‘rewards’
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3. laun (noun n.; °-; -): rewards
á ‘in’
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3. á (prep.): on, at
móti ‘return’
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móti (prep.): against
lúkaz ‘be paid’
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1. lúka (verb): end, close
skulu ‘shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
ef ‘if’
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3. ef (conj.): if
notes
[6] ef beðið er ‘if people pray [lit. it is prayed]’: Skald emends to ef biðið ér ‘if you pray’, which is unnecessary.
beðið ‘prayed’
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biðja (verb; °biðr; bað, báðu; beðinn (beiþ- Martin¹ 573, bỏþ- HákEirsp 661, cf. ed. intr. xl)): ask for, order, pray
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[6] ef beðið er ‘if people pray [lit. it is prayed]’: Skald emends to ef biðið ér ‘if you pray’, which is unnecessary.
er ‘is’
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2. vera (verb): be, is, was, were, are, am
notes
[6] ef beðið er ‘if people pray [lit. it is prayed]’: Skald emends to ef biðið ér ‘if you pray’, which is unnecessary.
sjúkum ‘for the sick’
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sjúkr (adj.): ill, sick
himna ‘of the heavens’
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himinn (noun m.; °himins, dat. himni; himnar): heaven, sky
kennings
gæti himna‘to the guardian of the heavens ’
= God
to the guardian of the heavens → God
gæti ‘to the guardian’
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gætir (noun m.): guardian
kennings
gæti himna‘to the guardian of the heavens ’
= God
to the guardian of the heavens → God
heilsu ‘for a cure’
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1. heilsa (noun f.; °-u): health < heilsubót (noun f.)
bótar ‘’
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bót (noun f.; °-ar; bǿtr): compensation < heilsubót (noun f.)
heiti ‘promise’
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2. heita (verb): be called, promise
eg ‘I’
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ek (pron.; °mín, dat. mér, acc. mik): I, me
yðr ‘you’
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þú (pron.; °gen. þín, dat. þér, acc. þik): you
að ‘that’
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4. at (conj.): that
notes
[8] að líkn skal veita ‘that [he] shall grant mercy’: It is also possible that the cl. could mean ‘that mercy shall be granted’.
líkn ‘mercy’
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líkn (noun f.; °-ar; gen. -a): grace, mercy
notes
[8] að líkn skal veita ‘that [he] shall grant mercy’: It is also possible that the cl. could mean ‘that mercy shall be granted’.
skal ‘shall’
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skulu (verb): shall, should, must
notes
[8] að líkn skal veita ‘that [he] shall grant mercy’: It is also possible that the cl. could mean ‘that mercy shall be granted’.
veita ‘grant’
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2. veita (verb): grant, give
notes
[8] að líkn skal veita ‘that [he] shall grant mercy’: It is also possible that the cl. could mean ‘that mercy shall be granted’.
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‘Be so good,’ said most excellent Mary, ‘may men please me with the greeting of the angel [= Hail Mary]; I long that “the Lord is with you” shall always play on people’s tongue. See here, that rewards shall be paid in return, if people pray [lit. it is prayed] to the guardian of the heavens [= God (= Christ)] for a cure for the sick; I promise you that [he] shall grant mercy.’
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